[Daniel Daigle]

Here is a challenge: If your other arm is available, use it! I once took a workshop where my right hand cramped and couldn’t hold a pencil. Thats when i learned i wasn’t too bad at drawing with my left hand! just set your expectations really low and you will be fine 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

I think either could work, but I believe he used mixed media

[Daniel Daigle]

Hello, Maybe you will find this lesson useful
Level 4
28. How to Draw the Pelvis & Ribcage
https://www.nma.art/courses/russian-academic-drawing-course-the-fundamentals/

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Marthe, Actually this lesson was the update to the original course that did not include the skeleton. Here is the full course
https://www.nma.art/courses/reys-anatomy-an-introduction-to-human-anatomy-with-rey-bustos/

[Daniel Daigle]

Keep up the great work Jac, those trees are exquisite

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Jade, I would consult the assignment pdf under the assignments tab which is under the video. Assuming you are on week 3, the assignment states to divide the canvas into 6 sections https://www.nma.art/pdf-viewer/?id=2390197
By working smaller, this should allow you to get more done in a shorter period of time while focusing on the larger forms/statements.

I hope this answers your question 🙂
for quick responses and conversation related to the course, I encourage you to check out the live class channels in discord. link is at the top of this page 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Linda, can you be more specific? if something is off screen during the live stream that needs to be seen, please reach out to the stream moderator immediately, in discord or in the chat section under the video, so they can prompt Micheal to fix the issue. I think the Moderator for this stream is Cody

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi Melissa, this thread is for discussing the course, however, most of the conversation is happening on Discord (link at the top of this page) on discord you can post in the crit channels to get peer critiques. alternatively you can sign up for the coaching program to get one on one professional advice, critiques and portfolio reviews. https://coaching.nma.art/
I would also recommend any one of our live classes live.nma.art where you can submit your homework to the instructor for potential critique. Please see the assignment tab under the video for instructions on how to properly submit those assignments.
any other questions can be directed to a mod on discord by tagging @nmamod or by emailing “info@nma.art”

I hope this answers your questions 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Its most important that you focus on the assignments in the assignment tab. These are designed to help you get the most out of each lesson.

[Daniel Daigle]

There are different schools of thought on this. But I believe its best to watch the lesson first. Just watch and absorb. Then you can draw along on the second approach. Then turn off the video and do it again by yourself without looking at the previous drawing. Once you are done, you can compare your results to your previous drawing and  to Charles’ drawing. In this way, it should be clear to you how much you retained and what you still need to work on. If you are doing the live class, you can submit your assignments each week for open review.
If the pace is too quick for you, I would recommend just auditing the course and taking it at your own speed. its better to absorb the material than to rush through it
good luck 🙂

[Daniel Daigle]

Hi, I alerted the support team. for any bugs or tech issues, please email “info@nma.art” directly so they can help you trouble shoot

[Daniel Daigle]

This assignment is about simplifying the model and focusing on the composition
The goal is to remove the students from the details of the model and to instead focus on the large shapes and light & shadow patterns

[Daniel Daigle]

you can place them from the brow line to the nose line. but you have to remember that there is perspective and the head can tilt up and down. if the head tilts up, the ears will appear lower than the brow/nose line, just like the back corners of a box would move down as the front side is tilted up

[Daniel Daigle]

Coming from a drawing and sculpting perspective, we usually block out time for each stage. For example, you may practice doing 5 – 30 second gestures and then maybe 5 minutes to work out the forms, then anatomy, etc when you increase the total time per drawing, we typically don’t spend more time on any individual stage. The total amount of time decides what level of finish we achieve rather than how much we rush through it.  We still take 30 seconds or so to lay in the gesture. The extra time goes to working in the progressively smaller details
The point is that you work from large to small. So for a sculpture, one approach would be massing out the form, positioning the form with gesture. block in the smaller-major forms, establish and or refining landmarks, convert forms into anatomical forms, refine anatomical form considering tensions, flexion, stretch, weight etc. then consider compression and wrinkles, then fingernails level structures, and then keep working down until you get pores.
I am not a painter, but i would guess you would work similarly.  you may start with a drawing, that follows the standard rules, then an under painting, then a block in with paint, keep refining your gradients until you eventually get to hair line glazes if you wish.
Any way, thats my outsiders guess 🙂 I hope its useful

[Daniel Daigle]

this often means the side view of the head, it may mean silhouette of the head depending on how he is using it

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